THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 21. 1917.
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New Sanford Hotel Now Open for the Convenience of the public
SANFORD HOTEL IS
MOST MODERN TYPE
While Not the Largest in the
City, It Is in Many Re
spects Superior.
IS ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF
OWNERS AND MANAGER OF NEW SANFORD HOTEL
Mr. Mary H. Conant and her sons are the proprietor of thfc
magnificent new hostelry and Fred L. Damery will be the
manager.
The new Sanford liotel and the
pround it occupies represent an in
vestment of $300,000. This hostelry
is not the largest in Omaha, hut it
represents the most modern ideas of
lintel construction, and in some re
spects it is superior to other hotels
of (he city. In the first place, it is
absolutely fireproof. The only wood
is that which was used in the doors
and the window casings.
The structure is of seven floors
and basement and has 150 rooms.
The- old Sanford has fifty rooms
v.l-ich. are connected to the new
building. The hotel was erected
with a view of adding three more
lluors. u hici eventually will he done.
Skeleton Type.
The general construction is rein
forced concrete and is of the skele
ton type, which means that the walls
clo not serve in the strength factor
nf the building. The walls could be
taken out and the building would
stand as a rock-ribbed structure.
This is an engineering improvement
of comparatively recent date and has
been approved by the most eminent
builders of the country.
The floors of the rooms and halls
are covered with cement, upon which
was laid. padding and then carpets of
comfortable thickness and pleasing
design. There is not a stick of wood
in any of rhe floors. In designing
this hotel the architects provided that
each corridor should have daylight
and direct ventilation. The advan
tage of this feature lies in the possi
bility of each room being ventilated
with fresh air through these corri
dors. With windows at The ends of
corridors, the hotel is well supplied
with sunlight and fresh air". The un
desirability of dead-end corridors "has
impressed itself upon builders of
hotels.
Absolutely Fireproof.
Although it would be impossible
for a fire of any consequence to occur
in the new Sanford, the stairway
leading from each floor is equipped
with a patent-spring door which
serves as an added factor of safety
in time of need. The stairways are
jfry. -g 'gffl
retiring room with all the comforts
desired by the feminine guest. The
cafe and barber shop may be entered
from the hotel or Farnam street. The
cafe will provide every form of serv
ice. Wash rooms, toilets, men's rest
and billiard rooms have been pro
vided in the basement beneath the
lobby.
Two electric elevators of latest
type operate to all floors and facing
the entrance of the elevators at each
' floor is a commodious reception par
lor equipped with easy chairs, rock
ers and potted plants, tin each oor
arc two free shower bath rooms for
men and tub baths for women who
do not occupy rooms having these
accommodations.
The building is equipped with
vacuum heating system, which in
sures uniform heat throughout the
hotel. A vacuum cleaning system
is another important feature of the
equipment.
Some of the rooms are furnished
with private baths or showers and
the others have private toilets.
The site of the new hotel is 8(Mc0.
The building and site are owned by
Dr. Harold Clifford, who is interested
in the smaller hotel building at Nine
teenth and Farnam streets and which
now becomes part of the larger
project. The hotel was leased by the
Conant Hotel company.
Glimpses of Dining Room and Barber Shop
west corner 6f Twentieth and Far
nam streets. The Harley was built
by Arther Keeline and the building
was opened in conjunction with the
Bachelors, the combined hotel prop
erty being known as the Harley.
Harley G. Conant came to Omaha
twenty years ago. He served nine
years with local .manufacturing
company and ten years ago quit the
grain business to join his mother in
the hotel business. Mother and son
today are actively engaged in the
business of making life pleasant for
those who make their permanent or
temporary homes in the hotels oper
ated by the Conant Hotel company.
Fred L. Damery will he manager
of the new Sanford. He has had
fourteen years experience in Omaha
hotels, being well known through his
identification with the Her Grand,
.Carlton and Castle hotels.. Miss
Bessie Hogan will be the cashier. ,
With the opening of this new hotel
Mrs. Conant and Mr. Conant have
realized their ambition to control a
metropolitan hotel.
ranera Will Kalae flic.
rhllxlelphta. Jen. li. Philadelphia, news
paper! now Belling at 1 cant will Increaaa
Ihelr price to 2 rent beginning January at.
The tilth coat of print paper and other ma
terial entering Into the making of a. newi
paper le given aa the cauat tor the! Increaaa,
Sanford Hotel Is Outgrowth of a
Small Boarding House in Omaha
constructed of marble and iron and
are removed from elevator shafts.
The main lobby is 40x80 feet and the
rooms average 10x12 feet. The lobby
is lighted from three sides and art
glass windows lend a soft touch to
the scene. The east end of the lobby
has been provided with conveniences
for the men, who will enjoy a neat
writing room and a cigar stand at
their convenience. The west end ol
the lobby is reserved tor women,
Mother and Son, Mrs. Mary H.
Conant andTIarley G. Conant
Make Business Success.
ALSO OPERATE THE HARLEY
The forthcoming opening of the
new Sanford liotel on Farnam
street, not only indicates the con-
itinual growth of Omaha, but it
marks another important step in the
progressiveness of Mrs. Mary H.
Conant, who represent the brains of
The advent of this splendid hos
telry harks back to nearly a quarter
of a century ago, when Mrs. Conant
came to Omaha and opened a ten
room boarding house at Twentieth
and Burt streets. That boarding
house was something more than the
joke-book boarding house, where
hash and prunes were served with
sickening regularity. It became such
a desirahie boarding nouse mat tne
who will find an elaborately furnished j hostess had to maintain a waiting
list, instead of having to drum up
business for her house.
Takes Larger Quarters.
As lime went on she saw her op
portunity to expand, so she took a
twenty-room building on Douglas
street, known as the "Albany," which
she managed with success. During
the Transmississippi exposition, Mr
Conant added a few fiigures to the
right side of her ledger. Eventually
she took the Bachelors on Farnam
street, west of Twentieth street. The
Bachelors proved another stepping
stone to bigger things. That place
became something of an institution
in the life of Omaha's single men.
During 1907 the Conant Hotel com
pany was formed, with Mrs. Conant
and her sons, Harley G. and Homer
B.. as incorporators.
During 1910 this company opened
the Sanford at the southwest corner
of Nineteenth and Farnam streets, the
hotel being named for a son of Dr.
llarold Clifford.. .one of the owner '
of the property.
During September of Wl4 this com
pany opened the Harley at the north-
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Opeoinig
of the New "Sanford Hotel
A New,
Fireproof, Strictly
Modern Hotel
at Popular' Rates,
Combining
Safety, Service
and Economy
ILJi RfLfii fr
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200Rooms
75 With Bath $1.50
25 With Toilet $1.25
100 With Toilet $1.00
Free Shower t and Tub
Baths on Each Floor
John Latenaer and Sons, Architects.
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